Possibly the length of the cable ?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Justin Schoeman</b> <<a href="mailto:justin@expertron.co.za">justin@expertron.co.za</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br><br>I have the following problem. A Linux box configured as a bridge. One<br>interface connects to the router via a crossover cable, the other
<br>connects to a switch via the cable that used to go to the router.<br><br>Now I get the following:<br><br>[root@localhost net]# ifconfig eth3<br>eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:2D:07:61:5D<br> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
<br> RX packets:1969134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:176459<br> TX packets:2186662 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000<br> RX bytes:492595115 (
469.7 Mb) TX bytes:579725462 (552.8 Mb)<br> Interrupt:17<br><br>eth3 is the interface that connects to the switch. As you can see, 1 in<br>10 rx packets are framing errors.<br><br>What are possible causes for this? The cable is a constant, so is not
<br>likely to cause problems, so what else can possibly cause such a high<br>number of frame errors?<br><br>Any help appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Justin<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>LARTC mailing list
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